Solberg, Colonel Peter Edward

July 02, 2003

Colonel (Ret) Peter Edward Solberg, 64, of 201 S. Claiborne Street, died Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of Cook County Illinois, he was the son of the late John Peter Solberg and Bernice Elizabeth Braun Solberg. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1993. Colonel Solberg graduated from Loyola University of Chicago, the University of Illinois Dental School and Boston University School of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He served as a general dental officer at Minot, AFB, North Dakota, Korat AFB, Thailand and Ent AFB, Colorado. He served as Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Shaw, AFB, South Carolina, Clark AFB, Philippines, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, Yokota AFB, Japan and Chanute AFB, Illinois. Colonel Solberg was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for displaying outstanding professional skill in initiating a Dental Civic Action Program to provide care for school children in Korat, Thailand. He was also awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his exemplary professional competency, perserverance and devotion to duty. He was instrumental in improving relations between the United States government and the Republic of the Philippines by lecturing on numerous occasions to foreign professional groups. Colonel Solberg was a member of the Council of National Board of Dental Examiners of the American Dental Association, a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a member of the Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons. A Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Saint Mary Roman Catholic Church with Reverend Tom Norris O.S.F.S. A second Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday, August 12, 2003, from Fort Myers Chapel at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. He is survived by his wife, Audrey Ouimet Solberg; his three daughters, Nicole Solberg Anderson and husband John of Louisville, Kentucky, Amy Solberg Moore and husband Raymond of Phoenix, Arizona and Roxanne Solberg of Raleigh, North Carolina; his granddaughter, Katharine Rose Anderson; and his sister, June Solberg Pribyl of Antioch, Illinois. He was preceded in death by a brother, William Solberg. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 971, Goldsboro, NC 27533. The family will receive friends at their residence.